diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b81e4a7cd7f2..e339247a2570 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -2609,7 +2609,6 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
 
 	ret = 0;
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
@@ -2635,7 +2634,6 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
 		q->nr_requests = nr;
 
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
-	blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(q, true);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 80f485451096..ab726a5c0bf6 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -950,7 +950,6 @@ static int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 	int ret;
 
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
-	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
 
 	if (q->elevator) {
 		if (q->elevator->registered)
@@ -978,9 +977,7 @@ static int elevator_switch_mq(struct request_queue *q,
 
 out:
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
-	blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(q, true);
 	return ret;
-
 }
 
 /*